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Genus: Bassia
Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants)
> Core Eudicots
> Order: Caryophyllales > Family:
Amaranthaceae . Subfamily: Chenopodioideae
About 10 species,
native to Eurasia and Africa, with 4 species found in southern Africa.
Found in salt marshes along the coast and along rivers.
Species indigenous to southern Africa
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Bassia diffusa |
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Bassia dinteri |
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Bassia indica |
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Bassia salsoloides |
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Publications
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